Ngd!

[Brian Krashpad]

Here's Paula, my new Les Paul Special, w/the dreaded "baked maple" board:

NOM!

 

[Tig]

Mmmmmmmmm, P-90 goodness in a wholesome, nutritious, baked-not-fried package! :hungry

HNGD, Brian! :AOK

 

[Bookkeeper's Son]

A true workingman's guitar. Congrats! (I can't believe you named your effin guitar:running)

 

[keletcaster]

Hey I know that guy. Thats sweet Brian. :thumbsup I'm becoming a big P90 fan. Very cool

 

[Brian Krashpad]

A true workingman's guitar. Congrats! (I can't believe you named your effin guitar:running)

Haha ALL my 'lectrics are named!

 

[piebaldpython]

Congrats on your P-90 laden LP. How many gits is that now that you currently have?

Glad you got to name her.

Funny story, I have 3 custom made lap steels. I actually got to name the "model" of the last 2 lap steels. lol So, whenever somebody wants a JYD (Junkyard Dog) or Southern Belle.....I kinda smile knowing that I came up with the names. lolol

 

[marnold]

"Baked maple"?

 

[cebreez]

Mmmmmmmmm, P-90 goodness in a wholesome, nutritious, baked-not-fried package! :hungry

HNGD, Brian! :AOK

Its like Guitar Hee Haw! "I miss Hee Haw!"

SWEET AXE!!! I DEFINITELY WANT ONE!!

 

[NWBasser]

Very cool.

Happy New Guitar Day Brian!

 

[Tig]

"Baked maple"?

It is a manufacturer's way of creating an ebony or rosewood like fretboard out of maple due to limitations with legal wood sources. The cork sniffers don't like it, but most people say it is working out well. Suhr also uses it on some of their models and their quality is outstanding, as we know.
http://www.andertons.co.uk/blog/guitars/gibson-baked-maple-fingerboard-guide

 

[Brian Krashpad]

Congrats on your P-90 laden LP. How many gits is that now that you currently have?

Actually I've sold a few over the last few months. This one I think puts me at 25 'lectrics. But one is listed for sale, which would bring it back down to two dozen even.

 

[Katastrophe]

WOWZA!

I'll bet that guitar can snarl like nobody's bidness! How does she (I assume it's a girl, given the name "Paula") sound through the Sovtek?

And, as far as baked maple goes, I dig it. I've seen some gorgeous baked birdseye and flame maple neck pics around the 'net. Congrats!

 

[sunvalleylaw]

Congrats! That looks like a fun guitar!

 

[Brian Krashpad]

Thanks fellers! Kat, haven't yet had a chance to play her through the Sovtek. That's out in the garage now so I have to pick my blast times carefully.

Maybe late this morning before I go to physio.

 

[mrmudcat]

nice no nonsense without the trim!!.I always name my guitars and cars!!!

 

[Brian Krashpad]

nice no nonsense without the trim!!.I always name my guitars and cars!!!

Thanks. LP Specials and LP Juniors never have body binding (or for that matter the carved maple cap on more "regular" Pauls). Most don't have neck binding either, although this particular model does.

:dude

 

[Duffy]

Really nice black P90 JP Special.

How quiet are the P90's? Does it noise cancel in the middle position? What amp are you playing it thru?

 

[deeaa]

I've never named my guitars, but usually have named my cars. The current one is called 'Ketchup' for instance...because it's all white...har har...also have named the crawfish in our aquarium 'cancer' and perhaps the most weirdly, the rubber ducks we have in the bathroom. They're called Arvi the single dad, Barbiturate, Skewhead, Bobby, Urho the Racing Duck, and Shangri-La.

But not guitars, except descriptive names like 'Davette' from Dee + charvette and 'alumitop' for the aluminum top axe.

 

[Brian Krashpad]

Really nice black P90 LP Special.

How quiet are the P90's? Does it noise cancel in the middle position? What amp are you playing it thru?

Thanks! I haven't played it in a really loud sitch yet. Generally Gibson does not feature having one of the P-90s reverse-wound/reverse polarity, and I'm 90% sure that is the case with this'un. At our First Things First practice at church Tuesday night, as it so happened we're doing 3 pretty rocking songs this week, all with distortion, and it wasn't a problem. But that was just through my li'l Fender Super Champ XD (albeit also lined out to the monitors and mains). Have a big Crash Pad gig a month from tomorrow, so I'm sure I'll be playing her through the big Sovtek rig (50W tube head into a 4x12) between now and then, as well as of course she'll be the go-to for the show.

My Hamer Special's Seymour Duncan P-90s are also not RW/RP and it hasn't been a problem, so I don't see it being one with Paula either. I instinctively roll the vol off between songs if it's bothersome.

 

[Duffy]

P90's sound great though, even if they are a little noisy. How does the guitar play and sound? It is a really great looking guitar. I have an immitation one like that that is fun to play. That black looks really good.

 

[Brian Krashpad]

P90's sound great though, even if they are a little noisy. How does the guitar play and sound? It is a really great looking guitar. I have an immitation one like that that is fun to play. That black looks really good.

Thanks again. Plays and sounds great. I didn't even have to tweak the factory set-up. Fwiw, I've found a bit less difference in sound between various P-90s (I own or have owned guitars with these P-90s: Gibson stock alnico, Epiphone stock alnico [2--Casino and WildKat], Agile stock ceramics, Seymour Duncan alnico, Rio Grande [neck pup in Casino] alnico, and GFS alnico), whether expensive or budget, as compared to the pretty vast differences between various humbuckers.

So far at least, in my experience, a P-90 sounds like a P-90. :AOK

 

[stingx]

Awesome! Good luck with that. I came so close to getting one in Satin Yellow. The neck is off the hook.

 

[Brian Krashpad]

Awesome! Good luck with that. I came so close to getting one in Satin Yellow. The neck is off the hook.

Yeah, thanks, unfortunately I've been playing a lot of acoustic and other instruments (mainly mandolin) in church, which is when I mainly play of late, so I haven't been wearing it out like I otherwise might.

I have noticed that the satin finish is really thin, with only one rock gig with her, she's already got a few flecks down to the wood. Not real dings, just already worn through in some little pin-size dots. Doesn't bother me, it'll probably look cool/worn eventually. But I can see how that might bug some people.